Media operatives being paid to provide favourable coverage to APNU+AF Gov't - Whistle blower

A source at the Department of Public Information (DPI) has provided a list which shows that several media operatives in the state owned and private media are being paid to provide favourable coverage to the APNU+AFC government.

NAME	MEDIA HOUSE	STORIES	CHARGES
Delicia Bailey	Newsroom	4	$48,000
Bibi Khatoon	Newsroom	5	$60,000
Arianna Gordon	Guyana Chronicle	3	$30,000
Kiana Wilburg	Kaieteur News	4	$60,000

According to the information provided, Delicia Bailey, Bibi Khatoon,  Arianna Gordon, Gordon Moseley, Kiana Wilburg and several others are paid by the Imran Khan controlled DPI, which falls under the purview of Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo. While the others are paid as much as $15,000 per story in some instances, Moseley, who operates an internet news site and hosts a radio programme on the popular 94.1 Boom FM radio station, is paid a monthly salary along with telephone and internet bills.

The source provided documents which show that the practice is widespread and is sanctioned at the highest level. A correspondence seen by this publication was sent by Nagamootoo to Khan, with the former recommending that an accommodation be made for Khatoon to be placed on the DPI’s payment structure as part of its covert “Propaganda” efforts.  

Sussex Street drug bond owner Larry Singh now supplying millions in drugs to the Government

Larry Singh flashes his party card at PNC Congress

Lawrence "Larry" Singh, owner of an Albouystown house being rented for $14M per month by the APNU+AFC government to store condoms and lubricants, is now a drug supplier. Singh, a card bearing member of the PNC/R, was recently handed a multi-million dollar contract to supply drugs to the government.   

Singh is a firearm dealer who rents part of a property owned by Telecommunications Minister Cathy Hughes and her husband. He has no experience in the pharmaceutical field but was handed a multi-million dollar rental contract for an Albouystown property he purchased only a few months prior, and at the same cost as the two months rent he was paid in advance by the state.   

Harmon prevents Customs officials from seizing unregistered SUV imported by BK in duty free scam

An attempt to seize an unregistered Toyota Land Cruiser SUV which bore false number plates by Customs ranks was thwarted yesterday after Minister of State Joseph Harmon intervened.

A source close to the incident revealed that the vehicle in question is owned by businessman, Brian BK Tiwari. Tiwari is said to have provided significant funding towards the APNU+AFC 2015 elections campaign. He was appointed an advisor to Harmon and also accompanied him on many of his overseas trips.

Yesterday's incident came about after alert customs ranks noticed that while the sports utility vehicle (SUV) was a high-end and a more recent model; the number plates were of the PJJ series, issued about a decade ago. As a result of this it was stopped and the driver reportedly disclosed that the vehicle belonged to Tiwari.

Several calls were made by the driver and while the vehicle was about to be taken into custody the ranks received a call from a senior official of the GRA who told them to let the vehicle go. This was after Harmon had contacted the official.

A reliable source informed this publication that the vehicle is one of many which have been imported duty free by Tiwari with Harmon's approval. The contractor also imported high end luxury vehicles such as a Rolls Royce Phamtom, Lamborghini and several others without paying the necessary duties and all with Harmon's permission. This, according to the source, has caused the state to lose more than $175M in taxes. 

Minister of Social Protection Amna Ally 

In return the contractor, who also the beneficiary of a billion dollar settlement from the APNU+AFC government under controversial circumstances, bought SUVs for Harmon and Minister of Social Protection Amna Ally.

An observer who spoke under the condition of anonymity said this matter should be the subject of an investigation by the Special Organised Crime Unit(SOCU).